Man In Armour With Red Scarf Comments
Into the valleys of blood
Soldiers walk through filthy mud
Blood, iron and hopeless tears
Dare not to reveal your fears.
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Aphrodite-anastasia Menegaki, I have no words to say, I would like to say only- It a amazing poem and you have amazing writing power......superb....
I thank you so very much for your wonderful and encouraging words, sir! ! ! ! Thank you! ! ! Very happy you liked my effort! ! ! Thank you! ! !
Nice work, Aphrodite. These are my favorite lines: For all your leaders' insatiate greed Upon the battlefield you bleed When I stand on Genoa's old wharf The Man in Armour with the Red Scarf For it was written in your fate By sixteen twenty eight
Love reading about history through poetry, it is short, concise and to the point! Very interesting story behind these words, you have taught me something from the lost pages of history. Thank you for sharing it. RoseAnn
Dear Rose Ann, thank you so much for your comment! I am more than happy you enjoyed my poem and the story behind it. Thank you truly! Aphrodite-Anastasia
Everytime I do read it, I have the first impression that it has been written by a great poet.By a poet of those remembered as the best ones.//It does not mean, dear Aphrodite that you have to hurry up to publish another one to 'shoe' that you are here.Time can wait you.Νeither rush nor hasten.
Dear Mr.Galanis your words for my poem and effort are more than encouraging and inspiring! ! Thank you! ! I shall be posting more poems soon! :) Right after my exams are over! :) Thank you so much! ! ! !
As red as blood is your arm-band Vast armies you once used to command =The two verses do not seem to have any connection in meaning.One could draw the conclusion that the one follows the other just for the rhyme.A proposal to think of, ' Red as blood your arm-band/although you [ yourself] once/armies used to command. ///Now it is obvious the connection, although you.....you could not avoid being wounded.
Thank you for comment, Mr.Galanis! Actually the connection amongst the two verses and their meaning is based on the historical evidence given by the portrait. The depicted man, as shown by his armour and arm-band, is a commander on the side of the Spanish Empire. During that time, and also earlier, arm-bands of particular colour were denoting under who's orders the commanders were. Or at least that's what the history books let us know. The rhyme was later formed but the verse was initially based on the direct connection between the arm-band and the commanding rank the depicted man once owned. Thank you again for comment! ! And for the idea regarding these verses! !
Τhere are poets, dead or alive, who would have been happy, had they been able to write such a poem.
Thank you! ! Thank you so much for your encouraging words! !
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7/21/2025 5:28:48 AM # 1.0.0
You have a keen sense of history and are acutely aware it lives in us still. Contemporary people may be uninterested in the 30 Years War but as Lein Trotsky acidly said,
You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. Unfortunately history repeats itself, and we have to learn from the mistakes of the past so that they are not repeated in our future. Thank you, for your comment, dear Daniel! Thank you so much!